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November 1 / 5, 2021
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GoDataFest (Mon 1/11 – Fri 5/11) brings together conversations about the latest data technology into a hybrid event experience

Engage with product specialists and experienced practitioners from leading tech companies like AWS, Databricks, Google Cloud, Microsoft, NATS, Coiled, dbt labs, and more. Learn from the experiences of industry-leading enterprises the likes of ABN AMRO, Ahold, Heineken, Danone, Dexter, and Guidion.

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Expert sessions to celebrate data technology

GoDataFest features a multitude of sessions focused on various data technologies and platforms.

From fireside chats and presentations to ask-me-anything sessions and customer stories, each session is hosted by seasoned experts.

Covering a wide variety of innovations

You can expect insights, developments, and tutorials about the latest and greatest data technology.

Topics include modern data platforms, analytics engineering, data democratization, ML ops,  pipeline orchestration, high-frequency trading, dbt (data build tool), and much, much more.

Develop your hands-on skills during workshops

During the workshops you can go hands-on with tools and techniques that will make you a better data professional.

Learn all about infrastructure-as-code, TensorFlow Extended, or join NVIDIA for a workshop around GPU Accelerated Data Science.

Scheduled Broadcasts

  • Nov 01
  • Nov 02
  • Nov 03
  • Nov 04
  • Nov 05
9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Data Platforms – 1 Nov

In session, we will dive deep into the modern data platform. After an overview of the components of the modern data stack, several seasoned experts, including Luuk Figdor (AWS), Santiago Ruiz (Royal Schiphol Group), Charlie Evans (Adevinta formerly eBay), Kevin Duisters (Interfood) and more, will share their experiences with the implementation of modern data platform and data applications that are built using the latest standards.
9:15 am Introduction to the Modern Data Platform
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Diederik Greveling
10:00 am HOW AWS APPLIES DATA SCIENCE IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Luuk Figdor
10:45 am Using Data Centric AI in Computer Vision at Schiphol
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Santiago Ruiz, Marcel Raas
11:30 am Adevinta - eBay: Migrating a backend data analytics pipeline to Google Cloud at Adevinta (formerly at eBay Classifieds Group)
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Charlie Evans, Diederik Greveling
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1:30 pm - 3:15 pm

Engineering Culture – 1 Nov

People and organization are essential factors for the implementation of successful data science products. Join this stream to learn how to develop a DevOps mindset and how to implement an agile approach to building data pipelines. Finally, learn how Danone established an enterprise-wide data literacy program.
1:30 pm Gall&Gall: Transitioning to a Modern Analytics Team
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Steven Nooijen, Sabine Scheffer, Guillermo Sánchez Dionis
2:15 pm Danone: Data Literacy through Professional Training
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Camilla Björkqvist
2:45 pm How Cerqlar is building a SaaS-platform for renewable energy certificates
Host: Luca Cavallin
Guests: Anton Fedorov
3:15 pm Automating data integration on your multi-cloud data stack with Fivetran
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Sarah Hashish
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9:00 am - 11:15 am

Strategy & Innovation – 2 Nov

Experts from the field share the pros and cons of agile for teams that use cloud technology and learn from Bas Karsemeijer, head of Data & Analytics, how HEMA uses data to deliver an unforgettable customer experience.
9:00 am CLOUD AND AGILE; CURSE OR BLESSING?
Host: Guido van den Boom
Guests: Theo Gerrits
10:00 am HEMA’S JOURNEY TOWARDS AN UNFORGETTABLE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
Host: Guido van den Boom
Guests: Bas Karsemeijer
10:45 am THE QUANTITY OF QUALITY: IMAGE RECOGNITION LESSONS FROM THE FLOWER AUCTION
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Vadim Nelidov, Dirk Guijt
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4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

dbt 101 workshop

Join this introductory dbt workshop with Sara Leon and Kyle Coapman to get acquainted with dbt, a development framework that combines modular SQL with software engineering best practices to make data transformation reliable, fast, and fun. dbt makes it possible for anyone with SQL knowledge to author data pipelines. dbt is a transformation layer that sits on top of a data warehouse, it makes moving data into warehouses easier. As such, it is an essential element of the modern data warehouse.
4:30 pm dbt 101 workshop
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Sara Leon, Kyle Coapman
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1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

ML Ops workshop: Tensorflow Extended running on Airflow

Key concepts of TensorFlow Extended (TFX) and develop the skills to run TFX workflows on Apache Airflow. In this workshop, we’ll dive into TFX, a tool built for consistent and reliable deployment of TensorFlow-based models to production.
1:30 pm ML Ops workshop: Tensorflow Extended running on Airflow
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Julian de Ruiter, Roman Ivanov
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3:15 pm - 3:45 pm

Data Observability with Soda

Get to grips with the latest tools for data engineering and data observability: SODA. We will dive into SODA, a smart observability tool.
3:15 pm Data Observability with Soda
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Cor Zuurmond, Maarten Masschelein
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5:00 pm - 5:30 pm

COILED: Burst to the cloud with data science and ML workflows

In this session, Matt Rocklin, CEO of Coiled, explains how they help data scientists use Python for ambitious problems, scaling to the cloud for computing power, ease, and speed—all tuned for the needs of teams and enterprises. Coiled is built on Dask, a free and open-source library that helps scale your data science workflows and provides a complete framework for distributed computing in Python.
5:00 pm COILED: BURST TO THE CLOUD WITH DATA SCIENCE AND ML WORKFLOWS
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Matt Rocklin
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8:15 am - 10:15 am

Workshop Delta Lake Sharing – Databricks – Nov 4

In May of this year, Databricks released Delta Sharing, an open protocol for the secure exchange of massive datasets. Through the generation of pre-signed, short-lived URLs pointing directly at requested data, and their distribution to authenticated data consumers, Delta Sharing facilitates real-time, platform-agnostic access to an organization’s information. This makes Delta Sharing well-suited as a means to inter-domain dataset distribution in the Data Mesh. Data Mesh is an architectural paradigm that erupted into the public consciousness at around the same time. This code breakfast consists of two parts.
8:15 am Introduction to Data Mesh
Host: Robert Rodger
9:15 am Data requests via Delta Sharing
Host: Kris Geusebroek
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10:45 am - 12:00 pm

Beyond Coding: ML Ops – Operating Machine Learning Models

10:45 am A new data platform to improve customer service for Clay Solutions - A SALTO Group company
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Bart Klaver
11:15 am Beyond Coding Podcast Live
Host: Patrick Akil
Guests: Roman Ivanov, Julian de Ruiter
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11:30 am - 12:30 pm

RAPIDS Workshop – 4 Nov

RAPIDS is an open-source software that accelerates the whole Data Science Pipeline from Data Preparation/Visualization to Machine Learning on GPU. In this workshop, you get familiar with RAPIDS which runs on Python with pandas/scikit-learn-like API and you experience the speed-up it provides.
11:30 am Rapids - NVIDIA Workshop
Host: Ahmet Erdem
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12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Data Science in Production – 4 nov

Let’s take data science in production! In this stream, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from leading enterprises that leverage data applications to improve their operation. Ahold Delhaize, Mollie, and Royal FloraHolland are three very distinct organizations that share their belief in the value and potential of data-driven business.
12:30 pm Guidion Customer Story
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Joost Olieroock
1:30 am A conversation about Diversity in Tech – With Madelein Smit (CIO EV Box) and Serge Beaumont (Principle Consultant, Xebia) and host Elaine Versloot
Host: Elaine Versloot
Guests: Madelein Smit, Serge Beaumont
2:00 pm Heineken
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Ciaran Jetten
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4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Databricks – 4 nov

Learn about the latest developments from Databricks. Field CTO Chris d'Agostino will take us through enabling data at scale with Lakehouse, while solutions architect Ivo Everts will share his story of twenty years of Data and AI in Amsterdam!
4:00 pm The view from the Lakehouse: Enabling data at scale
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Chris D’Agostino
4:45 pm A tale about 20 years of AI in Amsterdam
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Ivo Everts
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4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Google Cloud Platform User Group Benelux

4:30 pm DATA MANAGEMENT IN THE CLOUD
Host: Google Cloud Platform User Group Benelux
Guests: Ahmed Mahran
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6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Google Cloud – 4 nov

Join Google's specialists to learn more about some of the hottest GCP topics of the moment: Datamesh, streaming data ingestion, Vertex AI and App Modernization with Anthos.
6:00 pm Datamesh or Streaming Data Ingestion - Google
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Navin Goel
7:00 pm Vertex AI - Google
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Wouter Roosenburg
8:00 pm App Modernization with Anthos - Google
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Rushil Sharma
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9:15 am - 11:45 am

Data & AI – 5 Nov

9:15 am Driving Impact at Scale
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Alexander Hendorf
10:00 am The road to a billion forecasts per day at Albert Heijn
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Guus Verstegen, Janine van Wonderen
10:30 am dbt Vision and Developments
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Jeremy Cohen
11:15 am Networks! project - real-time analytics that controls 50% of mobile network in Poland
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Maciej Bryński, Rafał Małanij
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12:45 pm - 3:30 pm

Data Democratization

Data Democratization increases the usage of data assets, uncovers new opportunities with data, and improves existing data operations. All this expedites decision making and facilitates the creation of business value. Join these sessions to learn about Data Democratization, the Modern Data Stack, self-service analytics, and the new professional role in the data field: the Analytics Engineer.
12:45 pm Data Democratization: discover and realize the value of your data assets
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Bram Ochsendorf, Kevin Duisters, Eduardo Neves
1:30 pm Analytics Engineering: prerequisite for Data Democratization
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Bram Ochsendorf, Pádraic Slattery
2:00 pm dbt + SodaSQL: how to manage your data at scale
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Guillermo Sánchez Dionis, Jovan Gligorevic
3:00 pm Dashboarding Nightmares: What most organizations forget to scope
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Juan Manuel Perafan
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3:45 pm - 4:15 pm

Picnic – Robotized warehouse, fraud detection and other new developments at Picnic

In this session, Daniel Gebler, CTO at Picnic, will discuss a few recent developments in the cloud and data space at this fast-growing online grocery store. One of the topics will be the new automated fulfillment center that Picnic recently started using. This robotized warehouse of 25,000 m2 is built around infrastructure-as-code principles and uses the best of edge computing, on-prem hardware, and warehouse control systems. Furthermore, we will discuss new machine learning services that Picnic uses for fraud detection and order forecasting.
3:45 pm Developments at Picnic
Host: Renald Buter
Guests: Daniel Gebler
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Scheduled Workshops

November 4, 2021 11:30 am

RAPIDS Workshop

RAPIDS is an open-source software that accelerates the whole Data Science Pipeline from Data Preparation/Visualization to Machine Learning on GPU. In this workshop, you get familiar with RAPIDS which runs on Python with pandas/scikit-learn-like API and you experience the speed-up it provides.
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November 4, 2021 8:15 am

Workshop Delta Lake Sharing – Databricks

In May of this year, Databricks released Delta Sharing, an open protocol for the secure exchange of massive datasets. Through the generation of pre-signed, short-lived URLs pointing directly at requested data, and their distribution to authenticated data consumers, Delta Sharing facilitates real-time, platform-agnostic access to an organization’s information. This makes Delta Sharing well-suited as a means to inter-domain dataset distribution in the Data Mesh. Data Mesh is an architectural paradigm that erupted into the public consciousness at around the same time. This code breakfast consists of two parts.
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November 3, 2021 3:15 pm

Workshop: Data Observability with Soda

Get to grips with the latest tools for data engineering and data observability: SODA. We will dive into SODA, a smart observability tool.
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November 3, 2021 1:30 pm

ML Ops workshop

Key concepts of TensorFlow Extended (TFX) and develop the skills to run TFX workflows on Apache Airflow. In this workshop, we’ll dive into TFX, a tool built for consistent and reliable deployment of TensorFlow-based models to production.
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November 2, 2020 4:30 pm

DBT 101 – ELT Data Transformation

Join this introductory dbt workshop with Sara Leon and Kyle Coapman to get acquainted with dbt, a development framework that combines modular SQL with software engineering best practices to make data transformation reliable, fast, and fun. DBT makes it possible for anyone with SQL knowledge to author data pipelines. DBT is a transformation layer that sits on top of a data warehouse, it makes moving data into warehouses easier. As such, it is an essential element of the modern data warehouse.
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Analytics Engineering
Data engineering
Data platforms
DBT
Transfer Learning

Meet our speakers

Each day we cover a wide variety of topics on various themes and technologies. Sessions can be attended online, in-person or both, and can consist of live as well as pre-recorded content.

Patrick Akil Host at the Beyond Coding podcast Xebia / Beyond Coding Podcast
Madelein Smit CIO EVBox
Serge Beaumont Principle Consultant Xebia
Janine van Wonderen Data Scientist at Albert Heijn Albert Heijn
Guus Verstegen Data Scientist at Albert Heijn Albert Heijn
Sarah Hashish Benelux Sales Lead Fivetran
Rafał Małanij Business Executive GetInData

Maciej Bryński Big Data Architect GetInData
Kyle Coapman Head of Training dbt Labs
Alexander Hendorf Partner, Data & AI Königsweg
Anton Fedorov Software Architect Cerqlar
Ahmed Mahran Data Management Practice Lead Benelux - Google Cloud Google
Ahmet Erdem Senior Data Scientist NVIDIA
Alexandru Iosup Full Professor Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Andrès Koetsier Cloud Consultant Oblivion
Antonis Sgouros Cloud Consultant / Tech Lead Oblivion
Bart Klaver Managing Director SALTO Keys as a Service
Bart Verlaat CEO Binx.io
Bas Karsemeijer Head of Data & Analytics HEMA
Bram Ochsendorf Lead data scientist GoDataDriven
Camilla Björkqvist Global Data & Analytics Transformation Director at Danone
Chris D’Agostino Global Field CTO Databricks
Ciaran Jetten Senior Manager Global Analytics Transformation Heineken
Charlie Evans Senior Software Engineer at eBay Adevinta formerly eBay
Cor Zuurmond Data Demystifier & Machine Learning Engineer GoDataDriven
Daniel Gebler CTO at Picnic
Diederik Greveling CTO GDD Labs
Dirk Guijt Lead Data Scientist at Royal FloraHolland
Eduardo Neves Chief Technology Officer funda
Elaine Versloot COO Binx.io
Guido van den Boom Partner Digital Transformation at Xebia
Guillermo Sánchez Dionis Analytics Engineer GoDataDriven
Ivo Everts Solutions Architect at Databricks
Jacco Kulman Cloud Engineer at Binx.io
Jasper Ginn Host GoDataFest
Jeremy Cohen Product Manager dbt Labs
Jeremy Cohen Product Manager dbt Labs
Jeroen van der Leer Cloud Consultant Oblivion
Joost Olieroock Data & Analytics Lead Guidion
Jovan Gligorevic Analytics Engineer GoDataDriven
Juan Manuel Perafan Analytics Engineer
Julian de Ruiter Machine Learning Engineer at GoDataDriven
Kevin Duisters Commercial Analytics Lead at Interfood
Kris Geusebroek Data Engineer at GoDataDriven
Luca Cavallin Cloud Engineer at Binx.io
Luuk Figdor Data Scientist Amazon Web Services
Maarten Masschelein Co-Founder Soda Soda
Marcel Raas Data Scientist at GoDataDriven
Matt Rocklin CEO at Coiled
Michel Zitman Cloud Consultant Oblivion
Mike Jekel Value Stream Manager HEMA
Monique Dekker Partner Digital Transformation at Xebia
Natasha (Mutepuka) Lauer Head Of Marketing Soda
Navin Goel Customer Engineer Google
Pádraic Slattery Analytics Engineer GoDataDriven
Piethein Strengholt Cloud Solution Architect Microsoft
Renald Buter Chief Operations GoDataDriven
Rene van Osnabrugge Transformation Consultant Xpirit
Robert Rodger Data Scientist at GoDataDriven
Roel Bertens Data Scientist at GoDataDriven
Roman Ivanov Machine Learning Engineer at GoDataDriven
Rushil Sharma Customer Engineer Hybrid Cloud at Google
Sabine Scheffer Data Analist Gall & Gall
Santiago Ruiz Senior Data Scientist (Computer Vision) at Royal Schiphol Group
Sara Leon Customer Support Engineer dbt Labs
Sohan Maheswar Developer Advocate Amazon Web Services
Steven Nooijen Data Scientist GoDataDriven
Steyn Huizinga Chief Technology Officer Oblivion
Sidney Borrego y Diaz AWS Cloud Consultant Oblivion
Theo Gerrits Senior Consultant Xebia
Vadim Nelidov Data Scientist at GoDataDriven
Wouter Roosenburg Customer Engineer at Google

Frequently Asked Questions

For whom is GoDataFest?
GoDataFest is for anyone with an interest in data technology. Be it strategic and organizational, operational and practical, or simply a general interest. Sessions are scheduled around themes, so that you can create your own custom schedule.
When does GoDataFest take place?
The event starts on Monday, November 1 and ends on Friday, November 5, 2021
Is the registration free of of charge?
Yes, thanks to our sponsors, we can offer access to the exclusive GoDataFest streamed content free of charge. All you need to do is register. Some of the afternoon workshops that are an exception. For some of them, we charge a small fee.
Is it ok to attend more than one session?
Yes absolutely, you are more than welcome to join the event the entire week.
How do I get access to the video streams?
When you register, you will receive a confirmation e-mail. This e-mail contains a password that gives you access to the stream page.

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